desktop issues...?

Question

nvidia 590sli
(2)8600 gts sli vid cards
4gb (2x2gb dual channel 800mghz) ram
amd 5600+ (2.8 ghz) 64x2
(2) darn it-can't remember...240gb hitachi? (i think)


windows home premium-windows live one care...

i think wloc is the problem.....
during a virus scan, at 7-8% complete, it's always a .pal or .lle file, it either reboots,like it was turned on for the first time--or i get a blue screen and then a reboot.


wtf????
if ya need more info, i'll keep close tabs on this question. thanks in advance.

i'm trying the easy way first (of course.) but thank you VERY much!!!

Answer 1

There are a number of viruses out there right now that attack your anti-virus software and cause your machine to reboot every time it tries to clean the virus.

I recently had a bout with one of these, and they are a pain to deal with as the monitor the actual executable that the virus program tries to run and will cause the boot to prevent the virus program form finishing.

I tried booting into safe mode - but the computer still booted every time it touched the virus.

The only way I found to clean this out of an infected system, was to use a laptop computer that had an active version of virus scan running, and then network the clean computer to the infected one. You have to turn on file sharing and access on the infected computer and then set both computer on the same work group. I used a hardwire network cable. I do not know if it will work with a wireless network or not.

Once you are networked to the infected computer, you run the virus scan program, but set it to scan the entire network, not just the local drives. This can take some time, as it will first scan the laptop, and then all the drives that you have sharing turned on for on the infected machine. Since the executable file that is trying to clean the system is not on the infected machine, it defeats the viruses protection system, and thus can kill the virus.

Good luck.

Answer 2

It sounds to me like a piece of malware that destroys your user profile.

That would explain why it comes up like it was turned on for the first time.

Reboot in Safe mode, to do that you hit the " F8" key a few times right before the "Vista" logo pops up and run the scan in safe mode.

That should stop it from rebooting during the scan.